Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington last month. The Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associated Press in what AP's top executive says is an unprecedented intrusion into newsgathering. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Rep. James Sensenbrenner
Jr., R-Wisc., chairman of the subcommittee on investigations, sent a letter to
Holder Wednesday with specific instances of testimony they said conflicts with
other reports. The questions have to do with the DOJ's surveillance of Fox News
chief Washington correspondent James Rosen.

In the letter, the lawmakers question Holder on his statement
to Congressman Hank Johnson, D-Ga., about the use of the Espionage Act to
prosecute members of the media for publishing classified material. During the exchange,
Holder said he had not been involved in prosecution of the press for publishing
classified material. The letter then asks Holder about subsequent media reports
that he personally approved a search warrant for Rosen on the grounds he was a
co-conspirator in a case involving national security leaks.

"Subsequent media reports have stated that the Justice
Department issued confirmation that the investigation of Mr. Rosen and the
search warrant application for his private emails was approved "at the highest
levels" of the Justice Department, including "discussions" with Attorney
General Eric Holder," the letter reads. "The media reports and statements
issued by the department regarding the search warrants for Mr. Rosen's emails
appear to be at odds with your sworn testimony before the committee."

The letter also asks Holder to provide all Justice
Department policies related to the search warrants for email communications
from members of the media. It asks for Holder's reply by June 5.